It’s not too late to make the most of your retirement planning options for 2014. Below is a great list of year-end tips to consider to help you max out your retirement savings for this year and set yourself up for next year...

Recently, behavioral economics has become an interest of mine – understanding what motivates people to make the decisions they do about their finances helps me to better direct the advice they seek. I wanted to share the article below about this topic. Perhaps you’ll recognize yourself in one of these categories, and work to make changes to better your financial outlook...

Below is a great article that focuses on one of the key variables of retirement planning – how long are you going to live in retirement? Countless actuarial studies have been run and are updated annually to provide average life expectancies (something the insurance industry relies heavily on) that inform planning process. The key point the author makes is that there is a huge difference between life expectancy from birth and life expectancy at a certain age...

The latest cost of living adjustments have been released by the Social Security Administration. More detail is given in the article below, but once again, the adjustment amounts to less than 2% for the third year in a row...